In an abbreviated session that capped a shortened holiday week, bargain hunters snapped up stocks on Friday, buoying a market that had been dragged down by concerns about accounting and management problems. Early in the week, WorldCom said that...

July 7, 2002, Sunday

The record heat that smothered the Northeast last week was not the problem on Wall Street. Stock market investors had a different worry -- the health of the economy in general and technology issues in particular. Downgrades of Intel and other...

August 12, 2001, Sunday

One of the worst quarters in stock market history ended on a mildly upbeat note, with bargain hunters stepping in cautiously to buy battered shares. But there was no clear end in sight to the volatility and the spasms of heavy selling that have...

April 1, 2001, Sunday

With fresh economic data scarce last week, Wall Street focused on other influences on stocks, notably news about quarterly earnings, corporate layoffs and retail sales. For the most part, investors did not like what they saw. An earnings warning...

February 11, 2001, Sunday

Bond prices were mixed yesterday, a day after the Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates unchanged but reaffirmed its belief that low unemployment and high oil prices could lead to higher inflation.

October 5, 2000, Thursday

THE bond market this year has outperformed the stock market for the first time in a decade, and Dr. Edward Yardeni, chief global economist and investment strategist at Deutsche Bank Securities, forecasts that aging baby boomers will help keep the...

September 3, 2000, Sunday

Bond prices were flat yesterday after the government reported a larger-than-expected drop in orders for durable goods in July, suggesting that the Federal Reserve may hold off raising interest rates again this year. By late in the day, the price...

August 25, 2000, Friday

ALTHOUGH still under the shadows of a government investigation into its billing practices, HCA-The Healthcare Corporation, the nation's largest hospital chain, made a successful foray into the debt markets on Friday. Strong investor demand...

August 20, 2000, Sunday

With the federal government's debt shrinking -- politicians differ as to just how much -- the Treasury has been decreasing the size of its quarterly auctions, leading some bond market experts to fear that demand from investors could outstrip the...

August 13, 2000, Sunday

Bond prices rose yesterday after a better-than-expected government report on productivity and labor costs and a good start to the Treasury's quarterly debt sales. The productivity report increased optimism that the Federal Reserve would leave...